VerdantLight

# VerdantLight --- **VerdantLight** is a lightweight, high-quality shader pack for Minecraft 1.21.4, designed to deliver natural and realistic lighting while maintaining smooth performance. Featuring path-traced lighting, dynamic shadows, day-night cycles, realistic sun and moon halos, and smart plant shadow detection to prevent small plants from casting unnatural shadows. **Outstanding Performance:** * On Intel Iris Plus 640, with render distance 6 and simulation distance 8, standing still gives around **75 FPS**. * Walking across open plains maintains around **45 FPS**, providing a smooth experience without sacrificing visual quality. **Key Features:** * **Lightweight Optimization**: Designed for low-end hardware and high performance. * **Dynamic Shadows**: Path-traced lighting ensures smooth, stable shadows without jittering. * **Natural Sky**: Day-night cycle with realistic sunset/sunrise transitions, glowing sun square, and subtle moon halos. * **Smart Plant Shadows**: Small plants cast no unnatural shadows, trees cast realistic shadows. * **Enhanced Lighting**: Compatible with Minecraft’s native lightmaps, adds ambient occlusion for richer scene depth. * **Rain Effects**: Sky color dynamically adjusts in rain, enhancing immersion. **Perfect For:** * Players seeking a lightweight, high-performance shader experience * Builders who enjoy natural, soft lighting effects * Low-end hardware users who want smooth FPS without compromising visuals --- # VerdantLight **中文介绍：** **VerdantLight** 是专为 Minecraft 1.21.4 打造的轻量级高质量光影包，旨在在保持流畅性能的同时呈现自然、真实的光影效果。它采用路径追踪光照算法，支持动态阴影、昼夜循环、真实的太阳与月亮光晕效果，并通过智能植物阴影识别技术，让小型植物不会投射不自然的阴影，从而保证视觉的自然与细腻。 **性能表现极佳**： * 在 Intel Iris Plus 640 上，渲染距离 6、模拟距离 8 时，玩家站立即可达到约 **75 FPS**。 * 在草原环境行走时，也能保持约 **45 FPS**，兼顾了流畅体验与光影品质。 **核心特点：** * **轻量优化**：专为低配硬件和轻量化体验设计，减少不必要的计算负载。 * **动态阴影**：路径追踪光照算法实现实时阴影，无跳动问题。 * **自然天空**：昼夜循环、日落/日出色彩过渡，太阳正方形发光和月亮光晕自然呈现。 * **智能植物阴影**：小型植物不会投射不合理的阴影，树叶投射真实阴影。 * **光照贴图增强**：兼容 Minecraft 原生光照贴图，同时加入环境光遮蔽，使场景层次更丰富。 * **雨天效果**：雨天时天空颜色自动调整，增加沉浸感。 **适用人群**： * 想要轻量、高性能光影体验的玩家 * 喜欢自然柔和光影效果的建造者 * 在低配硬件上追求流畅帧率的玩家 --- If there is a problem or advice, just say in the Discord Server.